Today, I found out the reason my boyfriend dumped me was because his parents don't like the fact that I go to a prestigious university. However, they're completely accepting of the drunken slob who's dating their daughter. FML
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Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my parents. After she left, they told me they disapprove of her because of her supposedly lower social class. Now I have to either dump her or lose the money they set aside to pay for my university tuition. FML
Today, my boyfriend dumped me because he said he needed to be with someone smart so that he could impress his parents. I just got accepted into medical school. When I pointed that out to him, he added that he needed to be with someone attractive. FML
Today, I was invited by my boyfriend's parents for dinner at their house. The dinner went well I thought, until I was getting ready to leave. Before I could make it out the front door, I could hear them discussing their disappointment that their son would ever consider someone like me. FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me because he wasn't feeling our two-month relationship was up to par with his parents' 30-year marriage, and, furthermore, I wasn't similar enough to his mother. FML
Today, I went with my girlfriend to her parents' house. They told me I smelled of cheap vodka. When I told them I worked in a bio lab and used ethanol a lot, they said I was too stupid to do anything like that. My girlfriend broke up with me because her parents think I'm a drunk. FML
Today, I was accepted to college and received a scholarship equal to almost half the tuition. After sharing this news with my parents, I spent the next 35 minutes getting yelled at about how I wasn't allowed to go there because my boyfriend might go there. FML
Today, I met my boyfriend's parents. Later on, his mom pulls me aside and tells me to back off, saying he will never marry someone like me and he should be with a nice girl like his ex. They broke up after he found her in his bed with his roomate. FML
Today, my crazily elitist parents were so desperate to get me to dump my fiancé that they threatened to divorce if I didn't. When I told them to go ahead, they bitched me out for being disrespectful. FML
Today, I met my new boyfriend’s parents, hoping that they would like me. They made subtle, mean comments during dinner and made me feel like total crap, all because my boyfriend left his ex-wife for me. They don’t get that we’re both good and compatible for each other, and that’s what matters. FML
Today, my boyfriend dumped me after his wife found out about us. FML
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BlkBryMolasses 0
um, YDI because YDBetter. How's that?
Saidar_fml 3
you're probably better off without him then
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Comments (59)
1337chick 4
For someone who goes to a prestigious university, you sure are oblivious. If this guy had really been into you, nothing his parents had said could cause him to end the relationship.
kmarrs 2
You can't book learn common sense.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
That depends, will staying with this girl get him kicked out of his family? If that was the case than there is a good chance that he would dump her, especially if it would keep him from family members that he would actually want to spend time with. I know what some people will say "well if they will disown him for that than he's better off without them", however, there could be family members that wouldn't have a choice in whether or not they wanted to keep talking to him, such as younger cousins or siblings.
xgetxbentx 13
I agree with 38, we don't know the exbf's situation. yeah, it's stupid, but not everyone has good parents and if he still needs their support for things, he might not have had a choice right now. my friends parents are like that, she's not at a point in her life yet where she can support herself and her parents use that against her to make her do what they want her to. it's sad.
cakit0o 0
oh UK .. you never seize to amaze me. the parents are jealous that he isn't in a really good university, but his gf is. but their daugher and drunker slob part...
dudeitsdanny 10
This post was meant as a reply to another, so... Umm.. I edited it out.. Haha.
jewels1877 0
Well, obviously you should follow in his sister's boyfriend's steps.. Just kidding. If he dumped you because of his parents, well.. He's a)not telling the truth and b)not worth it.
Quasar55_fml 18
If he loved you strong enough, he would have told them to **** off or he would have figured out a way to keep seeing you anyway. Conclusion : you are better off without this dick.
jess6blondie9 3
I'm sure that there is more to them not liking you then just the university that you go to.
MissBunny25 0
^this
MsSoulReaper 27
**** them. Go get yourself a man who has parents that praise you for going to a prestigious school.
MrBobby_fml 7
Yeah, if he cared so little that his parents could 'make' him dump you... wait, yeah, just what everyone else said.
varkey 7
that's really dumb FYL
Mitch_Connor 11
So, you acknowledge the fact that he's a drunken slob? Nice standards, by the way. YDI
Mezza_fml 0
Way to misread
dudeitsdanny 10
Wanna give that line another read? The guy's sister's boyfriend is a drunken slob, not the guy. Reading skills. Get some.
bigmarkie2 3
I think he may have been going for an incest joke? Either way, he's foolish.
at1325 0
I see you failed reading comprehension in school. the op's ex was not the drunken slob, the op's ex's sister is dating the drunken slob. this was used as a comparison in what the op's ex boyfriend's parents do find exceptable in significant others for their children.
alrdyexists 0
Acceptable - 1. Worthy of being accepted. 2. Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory. Exceptable - has no meaning as there is no such word in the English language!!
perdix 31
You probably pedantically rubbed their noses in it, and were an unpleasant know-it-all who was unbearable to be with. By contrast, the "drunken slob" is tons of fun and certainly provides hours of laughs and good cheer.
jess6blondie9 3
Exactly what I was thinking.
that_fella 0
^^Totally. Plus maybe it was not the fact that she goes to the "prestigious" university, but that she carries on about it and uses it as a tool to judge others by. Going to university means jack if you are doing a fill in course or even if you do a high end degree then do nothing with it. Their son in law the so called drunken slob could work hard and have started with nothing. More than meets the eye with this FML.